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Idea for a PSA

This morning I woke up after a less than restful night's sleep and debated whether I should ride to work. (Granted, this was 4:00 in the morning.) I finally just decided to go ahead and ride. By the time I got to work, I felt great and wondered why I ever doubted myself. That got me thinking: there have been several threads lately about how to raise bicycle commuting awareness. I think I have an idea.

PSA
We all have this inner voice that tells us:
It's too hard.
It's too far.
It's too hot.
It's too cold.
It's too dangerous.
What if it rains?
What if it snows?
What if I get a flat?
What will my neighbors think?
What will my co-workers think?
It won't make a difference.
It's time to find that inner voice
and silence it.

Now, picture each line being spoken by a different person (a bicycle commuter), maybe having the line echo and/or the keys words scroll by in the background and the last line spoken by someone famous (like Lance Armstrong) then at the end have the words "Bike to Work" as a logo.

If it's visual, you might think about clips of people doing the things that are said to be "too", or providing some kind of visual counterpoint, maybe? Like "what if it snows", show someone chugging along through the snow..."what will my co-workers think", show someone wheeling their bike into the office, being greeted by a co-worker who admires the bike...something like that.